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Launching of CiberRede / CiberRed – Ibero-American Network of of Public Prosecutors specialised on cybercrime

Published:
12.10.16 14:51

The Portuguese Public Portuguese Service announced yesterday (http://cibercrime.ministeriopublico.pt/en) that gathered, in Lisbon, the General Assembly of AIAMP (Associação Ibero Americana de Ministérios Públicos / Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors) approved the establishment of CiberRede / CiberRed, a network of Public Prosecutors specialised on cybercrime.

This network aims to develop the relationship between - Ibero American public prosecutors in matters of cybercrime and obtaining digital evidence and also to allow the exchange of experiences and good practices, facilitating, in concrete cases, cooperation between different countries.

CiberRede / CiberRed is a result of the adoption, by AIAMP, of an initiative of the Portuguese Prosecution Service, who is also responsible for the coordination of the network.

AIAMP brings together the Prosecution Services of 21 countries from the Ibero-American space, including Portugal and Spain. At the present date, 17 out of 21 Prosecution Services have already designated representatives to CiberRede / CiberRed.

Some of these countries are also Parties to the Budapest Convention: besides Portugal and Spain, also the Dominican Republic and Panama. Some other, have been invited to accede: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,

Paraguay and Peru.

The Portuguese Public Portuguese Service announced yesterday (http://cibercrime.ministeriopublico.pt/en) that gathered, in Lisbon, the General Assembly of AIAMP (Associação Ibero Americana de Ministérios Públicos / Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors) approved the establishment of CiberRede / CiberRed, a network of Public Prosecutors specialised on cybercrime.

This network aims to develop the relationship between - Ibero American public prosecutors in matters of cybercrime and obtaining digital evidence and also to allow the exchange of experiences and good practices, facilitating, in concrete cases, cooperation between different countries.

CiberRede / CiberRed is a result of the adoption, by AIAMP, of an initiative of the Portuguese Prosecution Service, who is also responsible for the coordination of the network.

AIAMP brings together the Prosecution Services of 21 countries from the Ibero-American space, including Portugal and Spain. At the present date, 17 out of 21 Prosecution Services have already designated representatives to CiberRede / CiberRed.

Some of these countries are also Parties to the Budapest Convention: besides Portugal and Spain, also the Dominican Republic and Panama. Some other, have been invited to accede: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru.